Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 153, The CW 25 Edition
Rescission of DOE Guidance — Highway to NIL Podcast
DOE Guidance and DOJ Statement of Interest — Highway to NIL Podcast
Title IX — Highway to NIL Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Recent Developments Affecting Student Loan Origination and Servicing
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Gavels & Gowns - Responding to Borrower Defense to Repayment Applications
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Invalidating the Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan and its Potential Legal Repercussions
A Deep Dive into the Debate Over Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
Compliance Perspectives: Changes to Title IX
New Title IX Regulations: A Seismic Shift During a Pandemic (Webinar Recording)
Investigating Sexual Misconduct in High Education: Potential Pitfalls During Title IX Investigations and How to Avoid Them
Congressman: My Plan Would Reduce Student Loan Defaults: Video
In February 2023, we shared an update on the rapidly evolving landscape of student-athlete NIL rights following the emergence of new state-level NIL laws and the Supreme Court’s decision in NCAA v. Alston. Since then,...more
Higher education institutions and student-athletes are navigating continuing uncertainty about institutional revenue-sharing payments and the Title IX implications of the landmark House v. NCAA settlement....more
Another school year is winding down, and educational leaders perhaps have never been more ready for summer break. From the Trump administration’s significant policy shifts to deeply consequential litigation playing out to...more
Welcome to our second issue of The Academic Advisor for 2025. In this edition, we cover the following topics of interest for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: - the...more
In a move that was expected, the Trump Administration’s new Department of Education (Department) rescinded the Biden Administration’s January 16, 2025, name, image, and likeness (NIL) guidance applying Title IX to NIL...more
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has rescinded the name, image, and likeness (NIL) guidance under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 issued in the final days of the Biden...more
President Trump’s new administration just clarified that Title IX equity principles should not apply to Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) payments, a decision that could have a significant impact on your college athletics...more
On Jan. 16, 2025, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance regarding how it will analyze name, image and likeness (NIL) activity under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The...more
In long-awaited guidance, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) officially confirmed what many Title IX practitioners and athletics administrators thought to be true: Title IX’s gender equity...more
On January 16, 2025, the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education – the agency responsible for enforcing Title IX at institutions of higher education – issued a Fact Sheet confirming that OCR will apply...more
Welcome to The Academic Advisor - our e-newsletter focused on education law insights. With Fall Break behind us and the race to end-of-term underway, we highlight the following topics of import for schools,...more
In this installment, Troutman Pepper attorneys Cal Stein, Mia Marko, and Dani Clifford discuss Title IX, a longstanding federal law that applies to educational institutions, and its intersection with the evolving landscape of...more
Welcome to the sixth issue of The Academic Advisor – our e-newsletter focused on education law insights. For this mid-summer edition, we take a deeper look at the newest developments regarding the 2024 amendments to...more
Please join us for this one-hour, complimentary legal briefing to discuss hot topics in college sports. With the ever shifting college sports landscape, this webinar will help attendees get up to speed on the latest legal...more
The University of Oregon Ducks have had a winning season on and off the football field: The team reached the Pac-12 Conference title game, and star players achieved among the highest name, image and likeness (NIL) valuations...more
The Accreditation Overhaul for North Carolina (and Florida) Colleges - Last month, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 8 (HB 8) into law. In addition to establishing a new computer science requirement for...more
Supreme Court Blocks Use of Race in Harvard, UNC Admissions in Blow to Diversity Efforts - "In one of its most closely watched cases this year, the court ruled along ideological lines that the way the schools approached race...more